Although 2020 was an incredibly hard year for so many, it still holds some sweet memories for our family. More time together comes in at the very top of the list — this was something that I was yearning for, for so many years and even more so once our sweet boy was born. Those sweet days, weeks and months of being home every day will never, ever be something I take for granted, as it truly was the greatest gift during an immensely hard and unknown time. From being home together each and every day, our family grew and bonded even more as our little boy went from a newly one year old to a walking, talking one and a half year old, to a wild two year old and the even more wild and beautiful boy we’re seeing now that he’s 27 months.
When I started writing this post, I had every intent to write about our trip to Santa Monica in August of 2020, but as I started typing – the words of togetherness seemed to string together so much better than what I had thought about in regard to our days of dipping our sand in the toes, eating pizza on the beach and feeling the salty air in our hair. This trip to the beach was very healing after five months of pivoting, feeling fearful and just wondering what was next, but as I look back — it really has all come down to togetherness. We were together when were going through all of this in the early days of the pandemic and we were all together when we went on this healing trip that seemed to breathe new life into us after months of being in a state of now knowing what the future was to hold — looking back, being together was just what we needed through these tough days and all of them in-between and really all of the days before March of 2020.
I know I’m starting to ramble, but I just wanted to say that togetherness was what we always needed, before and after all of this is said and done, but sometimes when your’e in a cloud of other things that seem to take over life, it feel so easy for things to get foggy and that idea to get away from us quickly. We’re all we really need and that’s what I believe — for now and always.
-Chels xo